Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford

Not the son of Abraham Cruttenden & Elizabeth Cruttenden

Abraham Cruttenden was born before 30 September 1599 at Sussex or Kent, England and died Jan 1682/83 at Guilford, New Haven Co., CT. [1] [2] [3] [5]

Married:

1. about 1622, to Elizabeth Usborne, baptized (christened) on 13 Jan 1597/1598 in Staplehurst, Kent, England. Her parents were Thomas Usborne and Ann Bridgeland; she died before 1665 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT.) [2] They married most likely in Kent, England and possibly at the parish church there in Hawkhurst, although no record of their marriage has been found. Proof of the marriage can be inferred from the probate records of Elizabeth's Usborne family members.
2. on 31 May 1665 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut to Joanna Sheaffe (1612-1668). She was the widow of William Chittenden and daughter of Edmund Sheafe and Joan (Jordan)

Children of Abraham Cruttenden and Elizabeth Usborne:

1. Mary b. 1632 in Hawkhurst, Kent, England and died on 10 Sept 1669 in Guilford, CT [3]. Married George Bartlett (?-1669).
2. Abraham b. abt 1635 in CT and died 25 Sept 1694 in Guilford, CT. Married Susannah ?.
3. John was born in 1636 in England.
4. Thomas was born in 1637 in England. He died on 8 Feb 1698.
5. Elizabeth was born about 1639 [3] Married John Graves (1633-1695), son of Deacon George Graves and Sarah ?.
6. Hannah b. after 1640.
7. Deborah b. aft 1640 and died 20 Apr 1658.
8. Isaac b. abt 1643 in CT and died 13 Jul 1685 in Guilford CT

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cruttenden-9#Death_and_Estate

Abraham and William Chittenden, neighbors for many years in Hawkhurst, arrived in America at New Haven Connecticut in 1639 aboard the St. John with Reverend Henry Whitfield.[5] Their signatures appear on the "Plantation Covenant" that was signed 1 June 1639 at sea.[6]

After landing at New Haven, the Whitfield party, including Abraham Cruttenden, soon made arrangements to settle at Guilford by purchasing the lands then called "Menunkatuck."[7]

Abraham Cruttenden held civic posts as a founder of the Guilford settlement. On 30 Apr 1646, he was appointed "overseer of the mill bay dams or floodgates."[8] On June 6, 1651, he was chosen assessor and on June 9, 1653, he was made a townsman.[9]

In addition to his home lot, Abraham owned more than fifty acres of other property in Guilford. He owned "a parcel of upland and marsh in the valley on each side of West River," a "parcel of upland 20 acres abutting the common woods," a "parcel of marsh land to the South 10 1/2 acres" and a "parcel of upland acres against the mill" containing 19 acres.[10]

After the death of his wife, Elizabeth, Abraham married the widow, Joanna (Sheaffe) Chittenden, on 31 May 1665.[11]Joanna died in Guilford on 16 August 1668.[12]

Death and Estate

Abraham died on 9 Sep 1683.[13] He left a will dated 14 September 1681,[14] proved 13 June 1683,[15] mentioning sons Thomas, Abraham and Isaac Cruttenden; grandchildren: Daniel Bartlett, John Grave, Abraham and Samuel Cruttenden; daughters Elizabeth Grave and Hannah Highland; grandchildren Daniel and Abraham Bartlett and Lydia, Elizabeth, Deborah and Hannah Crittenden.[16] Executors were sons Thomas and Isaac Crittenden.[17] A codicil dated 27 June 1682 added son Abraham as an executor.[18]

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cruttenden-9

Abraham Cruttenden (Crittenden) was born about 1598-1599.[1] His parentage has not been definitively established but he may be the Abraham baptized in Etchingham, Sussex, England -- the son of Thomas Cruttenden.[2] Other sources identify his parents as Abraham Cruttenden and Elizabeth Roberts, but they have been detached as parents in Geni.

These two articles are a must read for any descendants of Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford. Moreover, the 22 February 1624 baptismal date for Thomas Cruttenden, the eldest child born to Abraham Cruttenden & Elizabeth Usborne, renders the 1610 birth year shown for Abraham Cruttenden in many secondary sources quite impossible. Abraham's wife Elizabeth Usborne was baptized 13 Jan 1597/8 in the parish of Staplehurst, Kent, The Abraham Cruttenden baptized just a few miles away in Etchingham, Sussex on 30 Sep 1599, would be a likely candidate as her husband.

Disputed wife

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134425142/abraham-cruttenden

• Beware of online family trees for the Abraham Cruttenden family, especially regarding information on his wife. There are dozens & dozens of trees stating that his wife was Mary Hinkson. This is painfully incorrect and I don't know where that rumor got started in the first place.
• In 2010, the New England Genealogical Society finally discovered "Mary's" true identity. Her name was really "Elizabeth Usborn" born in Staplehurst, Kent, England. The NEGHS discovered her name while sifting through Wills/Probate records in England and found a Will belonging to Peter Usborn which listed here name & location.
• No official marriage record was ever found for Abraham & Elizabeth Cruttenden and no church book birth or baptism record was ever found for Abraham. However, the birth/baptism record exists.

Weblinks

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRQ4-VTY
• http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/cruttenden.htm
• http://bdespain.org/gencol/famhis/nlh-anc/pafg14.htm#5991
• http://reocities.com/Heartland/Trail/5778/d408.htm
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134425142/abraham-cruttenden The cemetery Abraham & Elizabeth Cruttenden are buried at no longer exists. It was leveled and turned into a city park.

Citations

1. Deacon George Graves, (http://www.gravesfa.org/gen065.htm).
2. Van der Wall Family Database, (http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/kvanderwal/family/wga4.html).
3. Talcott, Alvan, Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, (1984). p 260.
4. Gendex, (http://www.gendex.com/). http://mum202-2.musm.ttu.edu/all/d0005/g0000066.html.
5. R.D. Smyth & Bernard C. Steiner, George Grave, or Graves, and His Descendants, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 56, July 1902, p 260-264).
6. Abraham son of Thomas Crottenden baptized on 30 Sep 1599 in Etchingham, Sussex, England fits perfectly. "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFGS-82L : 7 December 2017), Abraham Crottenden, 1599.

References

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cruttenden-9

1. ↑ See generally Leslie Mahler, "The English Ancestry of Elizabeth Usborne, First Wife of Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Connecticut", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 165 (January 2011): 15-26 (establishing the approximate marriage year of 1623 for Abraham Cruttenden and Elizabeth Usborne). AmericanAncestors.org link.
2. ↑ Martha A. Lynes, "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 160 (July 2006): 199-214, note 53. AmericanAncestors.org link.
3. ↑ Lynes, "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut", page 213.
4. ↑ Lynes, "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut", 214.
5. ↑ Lynes, "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut", 211.
6. ↑ Hon. Ralph D. Smyth [Smith] and Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, "Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants." New England Historic Genealogical Register 52 (October1898): 466-469, 466.
7. ↑ Lynes, "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut", 211 citing Ralph D. Smith, The History of Guilford, Connecticut (Albany: J. Munsell, 1877): 11-12.
8. ↑ Hon. Ralph D. Smyth [Smith] and Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, "Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants", 466.
9. ↑ Hon. Ralph D. Smyth [Smith] and Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, "Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants", 466.
10. ↑ Hon. Ralph D. Smyth [Smith] and Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, "Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants", 466.
11. ↑ Lucius Barnes Barbour and Lucius A. Barbour, "Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records prior to 1850," 50 vols. (bound transcripts, 1874-1934, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut), vol. __, Town of Guilford: Abraham Cruttenden and Joanna Whitfield, marriage 1665.
12. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Guilford Vital Records in Town Records, Book A." The American Genealogist 13 (1936-37): 88-98, specifically 91.
13. ↑ Hon. Ralph D. Smyth [Smith] and Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, "Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants." New England Historic Genealogical Register 52, (October 1898): 466-469, 466.
14. ↑ New Haven County, Connecticut, Probate Record Book 1-2: 58, Abraham Cruttenden; Probate Registry, New Haven.
15. ↑ New Haven County, Connecticut, County Court Minutes, Book 1: 83, Abraham Cruttenden. Clerk of Court, New Haven.
16. ↑ New Haven Co., Conn., Probate Record Book 1-2: 58.
17. ↑ Lynes, "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut", 213.
18. ↑ Lynes, "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut", 213.
19. ↑ Lynes, "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut", 213.
20. ↑ See generally Hon. Ralph D. Smyth [Smith] and Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, "Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants", pages 466-469.
21. ↑ Trippy Von Brainstorm [alias], Find A Grave memorial page 134425142, Abraham Cruttenden, created citing unknown burial/cemetery.
22. Barbour, Lucius Barnes, and Lucius A. Barbour. "Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records prior to 1850." 50 vols. Bound transcripts. 1874-1934. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
23. Connecticut, New Haven. County Court Minutes. Clerk of Court, New Haven 1:83.
24. Connecticut. New Haven County. Probate Records. Probate Registry, New Haven. 1:2:58.
25. Lynes, Martha A. "The Ancestry of William (1) Chittenden of Guilford, Connecticut." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 160, (July 2006): 199-214.
26. Jacobus, Donald Lines. "Guilford Vital Records in Town Records, Book A." The American Genealogist 13 (1936-37): 88-98, 181-189, 242-245; 15 (1938-1939): 184-191; 16 (1939-40): 180-188.
27. Mahler, Leslie. "The English Ancestry of Elizabeth Usborne, First Wife of Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Connecticut." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 165, (January 2011): 15 -26.
28. Smyth [Smith], Hon. Ralph D. and Dr. Bernard C. Steiner. "Abraham Cruttenden of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants." New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. 52, Oct. 1898, pp. 466-469.
29. Von Brainstorm, Trippy [alias]. *Find A Grave memorial page 134425142, Abraham Cruttenden.
30. Colket, Meredith B., Jr. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. (Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975): 366.
31. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1860-1862) 1:481.